Between the Stacks: A Concert Featuring Jake Swamp and the Pine
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ALL ARE WELCOME! COME, RELAX, ALIGN AND PLAY.
The journeys are created to bring you into your body, to release that which no longer serves you, align with your higher self and create new ways of being. Singing bowls, drums, rattles, chimes and other instruments will be used to reinforce and energize the meditation, all in a joyous and soulful way. You need to bring a mat to lie on, a blanket, a pillow, water, and an opened mind and heart. The event is free, but donations will be accepted.
What will you receive from these meditations
The journeys are created to bring you into your body, to release that which no longer serves you, align with your higher self and create new ways of being. Singing bowls, drums, rattles, chimes and other instruments will be used to reinforce and energize the meditation, all in a joyous and soulful way. You need to bring a mat to lie on, a blanket, a pillow, water, and an opened mind and heart. The event is free, but donations will be accepted.
What will you receive from these meditations
- Peace and relaxation
- A place to dream and create a new way of being
- The freedom to just let go and be
- The alignment of your body, mind and spirit
- A gift to yourself from yourself
Join local favorite Hamish Lutris for a special presentation at the Beekley.
"The Ballot Is Stronger Than the Bullet:" A Short History of Voting
Winning the right to vote is a struggle that has been constant in American history. It is here that the power of the vote has reached a position of both symbolic and real power. For better or worse, the people of representative democracies throughout the world express their views and participate in their government through the vote. This presentation discusses the concept of voting, its establishment as the most visible political weapon in the arsenal of Democracy, and the movements that have both expanded and resisted the expansion of that right over the years, including feminism and the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Hamish Lutris is an Associate Professor of History, Political Science, and Geography at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut. He is a well-known speaker and instructor throughout the Northeastern US with long experience in Central Europe involving education, strategic planning, and international agricultural research cooperation programs. He has also worked in some of America’s premier natural and historical sites and has led naturalist and educational programs in both the United States and Europe. His program interests cover a number of areas including Native American history, the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the American West as well as scientific, social and cultural history.
"The Ballot Is Stronger Than the Bullet:" A Short History of Voting
Winning the right to vote is a struggle that has been constant in American history. It is here that the power of the vote has reached a position of both symbolic and real power. For better or worse, the people of representative democracies throughout the world express their views and participate in their government through the vote. This presentation discusses the concept of voting, its establishment as the most visible political weapon in the arsenal of Democracy, and the movements that have both expanded and resisted the expansion of that right over the years, including feminism and the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Hamish Lutris is an Associate Professor of History, Political Science, and Geography at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut. He is a well-known speaker and instructor throughout the Northeastern US with long experience in Central Europe involving education, strategic planning, and international agricultural research cooperation programs. He has also worked in some of America’s premier natural and historical sites and has led naturalist and educational programs in both the United States and Europe. His program interests cover a number of areas including Native American history, the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the American West as well as scientific, social and cultural history.
Muriel Spark’s timeless classic about a controversial teacher who deeply marks the lives of a select group of students in the years leading up to World War II
"Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!” So asserts Jean Brodie, a magnetic, dubious, and sometimes comic teacher at the conservative Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh. Brodie selects six favorite pupils to mold—and she doesn’t stop with just their intellectual lives. She has a plan for them all, including how they will live, whom they will love, and what sacrifices they will make to uphold her ideals. When the girls reach adulthood and begin to find their own destinies, Jean Brodie’s indelible imprint is a gift to some, and a curse to others.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is Spark’s masterpiece, a novel that offers one of twentieth-century English literature’s most iconic and complex characters—a woman at once admirable and sinister, benevolent and conniving.
Reserve a copy of the book through a patron account or call the Beekley at 860-379-7235. The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
"Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!” So asserts Jean Brodie, a magnetic, dubious, and sometimes comic teacher at the conservative Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh. Brodie selects six favorite pupils to mold—and she doesn’t stop with just their intellectual lives. She has a plan for them all, including how they will live, whom they will love, and what sacrifices they will make to uphold her ideals. When the girls reach adulthood and begin to find their own destinies, Jean Brodie’s indelible imprint is a gift to some, and a curse to others.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is Spark’s masterpiece, a novel that offers one of twentieth-century English literature’s most iconic and complex characters—a woman at once admirable and sinister, benevolent and conniving.
Reserve a copy of the book through a patron account or call the Beekley at 860-379-7235. The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
Homebound Delivery Service Available
The Beekley Library offers Homebound Delivery Service to New Hartford residents who are unable to come to the Library due to restricted mobility or health problems. This service is free and based on volunteers' availability.
This program is open to any New Hartford resident who is having difficulty getting to the Library due to illness or restricted mobility. Circulation Library Assistants will select materials for you at your request and can include a variety of fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and Large Print items. Materials will circulate for an extended period of time. When you finish your materials and need another delivery, just call the Library and let us know. We will be in touch with a volunteer to schedule a dropoff or pickup. Library items will be delivered in a bag to your door. Returns can be placed on your doorknob ahead of time for a contactless experience.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.
This program is open to any New Hartford resident who is having difficulty getting to the Library due to illness or restricted mobility. Circulation Library Assistants will select materials for you at your request and can include a variety of fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and Large Print items. Materials will circulate for an extended period of time. When you finish your materials and need another delivery, just call the Library and let us know. We will be in touch with a volunteer to schedule a dropoff or pickup. Library items will be delivered in a bag to your door. Returns can be placed on your doorknob ahead of time for a contactless experience.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.
You Tube Programs
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the Beekley Historical Lecture Series
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Hamish Lutris, Associate Professor of History, Political Science, and Geography, Capital Community College presents talks on: